(v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
(n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aside from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness was on average often the first symptom and began at a mean age of 36 years.
(2) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
(3) Epidemiological criteria for a causal association between snoring and vascular disease have not been satisfied.
(4) Patients who had nasal polypectomy as part of their nasal surgery obtained the greatest snoring relief.
(5) Diclofenac sodium suppositories 150-200 mg day-1 were compared with placebo in a double-blind study during the first 3 days after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 40 patients with habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
(6) Alcohol consumption, estimated by questionnaire and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase was unrelated to a history of snoring.
(7) We compared self- and spouse reports of snoring and other symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome ascertained from married couples in a community-based survey.
(8) Snoring history was obtained from 326 patients and 345 controls.
(9) Snoring occurs in at least 20% of the population; 50% of the 50 year old male snore.
(10) When you breathe, air makes them vibrate against each other, which is what makes the characteristic snoring noise," she says.
(11) Emily Marbach In desperation one night I asked my husband, who snores like a train, to sleep in our repeatedly waking baby's room ...
(12) The demented patients were reported to snore twice as frequently as the control subjects (P less than 0.05).
(13) Snoring usually is trivial and unimportant, but it can turn into a social or medical problem.
(14) To select heavy-snoring subjects for a treatment protocol, volunteers were screened for one night, breathing air the first half and oxygen the second half of the night.
(15) Generally, associations between snoring and sleep apnea were independent of age and sex.
(16) This hypothesis is mainly based on epidemiological studies showing a statistically significant association between snoring and arterial hypertension; this association remains true even after data correction to take into account the increased frequency of snoring with age and overweight.
(17) The effects of prolonged snoring on alveolar ventilation and systemic pressure(s) suggest that this snoring has physiopathological implications on maternal cardio-respiratory reserve and indirectly upon the fetus, especially as there are recordable changes in fetal heart rate and also a change in the acid-base status of the fetus.
(18) 4) Pharyngeal size during snoring is probably larger in HS than in OSA patients.
(19) My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
(20) The third and fourth groups were formed by 100 snoring and 100 non-snoring patients without risk factors.
Snorer
Definition:
(n.) One who snores.
Example Sentences:
(1) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(2) Eight men who were regular heavy snorers were monitored while awake and during nocturnal sleep.
(3) To determine its predictive value, polysomnography was performed on 14 snorers with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) before and 3 months after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP).
(4) My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
(5) On the basis of these results, it would appear that isradipine is more suitable than metoprolol for the treatment of hypertension in patients who are habitual snorers.
(6) From December 1988 to July 1990, 31 snorers have been treated by LVPP and have been cured or, at least, improved in their snoring.
(7) We have visually shown an increase in pharyngeal size with the use of nasal CPAP in a cohort of heavy snorers.
(8) Cephalometry is often used to assess patients with sleep apnoea but whether these measurements differ from those in non-apnoeic snorers and how they are influenced by age is not clear.
(9) The prevalence of heart disease and other conditions, except for diabetes and asthma, also increased in snorers in this age group.
(10) Forty-five habitual snorers (mean respiratory disturbance index = 6) and 22 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (mean respiratory disturbance index = 36) were examined by polysomnography, radiocephalometry, rhinomanometry, nasopharyngeal videoendoscopy, and acoustic rhinometry.
(11) Patients with OSA have been heavy snorers for years and even decades.
(12) This study shows that non-apnoeic snorers have cephalometric abnormalities that differ from those of patients with sleep apnoea and that cephalometric values are influenced by the subject's age.
(13) CPAP was proposed to all OSA patients but only to those snorers who felt improved after an initial laboratory night on CPAP.
(14) Together these account for at least a sixfold variation in the likelihood of being an "often" snorer.
(15) In 116 of them, an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) above 10--defined as the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)--was found; the other 75 subjects had an AHI lower than 10 and were classified as habitual snorers (HSN).
(16) 118 Children were habitual snorers and 137 were reported to snore apart from when they had colds.
(17) For hypertension both men and women who snored between the fifth and 10th decades had a twofold increase over non-snorers.
(18) In selected snorers, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty results in improvement in snoring with a concomitant increase in pharyngeal area and a tendency toward lower pharyngeal collapsibility.
(19) There were no cases of stroke among the non-snorers.
(20) Personal results in a population of obese heavy snorers are summarized.